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Southsea Fest Preview – The Gang Bang Stage

I love The B Of The Bang… there’s no two ways about it, I am unashamedly huge fans of Wit and his merry minstrels, so when I discovered they were curating a Southsea Fest stage at Little Johnny Russells I was very excited indeed!
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Southsea Fest, Coming this September!

Southsea Fest, an annual one day event taking in venues along the iconic Albert Road in the titular Portsmouth district, is back on 19 September 2009 for a day packed full of some of the most exciting independent music.

The brainchild of Josie Curtis, Southsea Fest started as a two venue event in 2007, raising funds [...]

Review: The Dawn Chorus + Friends @ The Cellars At Eastney

Tonight’s bill sees The Dawn Chorus return from their short tour around the UK with The B Of The Bang in tow.

Southsea Fest Confirms Stellar Line up.

SOUTHSEA FEST, now in it’s 3rd year, has confirmed some amazing acts for it’s one day of music mayhen, taking place along Albert Road on 19th September 2009.

Haunting, Dark Folk, From the Medway Maestro

Review: Lupen Crook & The Murderbirds/The B Of The Bang @ The Cellars At Eastney – Portsmouth

The Mesmerising Lupen Crook Heading to The Cellars

Sometimes a musician comes along and seems to do everything effortlessly, gaining plaudits left right and centre whilst knocking out albums of utterly amazing music without seeming to break a sweat… It doesn’t happen often, but it did with Lupen Crook. When he released “Accidents Occur Whilst Sleeping” in 2006 he was hailed as a hugely exciting emerging talent and since then he has assembled a motley band of helpers he calls the Murderbirds…

The B of the Bang

The B of the Bang is a collective of human beings led by a multi-instrumentalist known only as Wit…. The B of the Bang is a lo-fi, electronica-tinged, anti-folk cake with a gothic, grunge icing. Topped with de-tuned fuzz cherries….. The B of the Bang is, in some instances, Wit wending his way on his lonesome journeys as a melancholy troubador with a beat-up acoustic guitar and a special box-o-tricks that makes bleeps and fuzzy noises gurgling contentedly in the background.

It’s A Funny Old Place That Portsmouth

Joel Ransom introduces you all to his new column on mINtSOUTH, I hope you enjoy. I’m sure it will be the first of many. Portsmouth has a stigma attached to it that it just can’t shake off no matter how hard people strive to make things better for their gig going public… And we do try! …